国际英语新闻:Suicide attack at check post kills 17 in NW Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber Thursday killed up to 17 Pakistani security men when he blew himself up at a check post in northwest Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency bordering Afghanistan, a top official in the region said.
The bomber struck a group of tribal police when they were making arrangements for fasting, administrative officer Tariq Hayat said.
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Hospital workers assist a man, injured from a suicide bomb attack, after he was brought to a hospital in Peshawar August 27, 2009 |
Reports said the suicide blast took place at the Khasadar check post in Pak-Afghan border town Torkham in Khyber near the main town Landi Kotal. The death toll is expected to rise, reports said.
Pakistan's state television and private TV channels put the death toll at 20.
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Hospital workers assist an injured border guard after he was brought to a hospital in Peshawar August 27, 2009 |
No group claimed responsibility for the attack. But Taliban militants in the past had attacked security men in Khyber agency.
Several extremist groups including Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are active in Khyber and NATO supplies trucks and oil containers also regularly come under attacks in the same region.
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